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This paper takes a labor supply perspective (neoclassical labor supply, job search) to explain the lower employment …, we use German survey data to analyze age and gender differences in reservation and entry wages, preferred and actual …
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two applicants differ with respect to characteristics such as gender, age, education, experience, ethnicity, religious …
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In this paper I study the role of generational differences in saving. My main evidence is an empirical analysis based on Norwegian data that show a tendency for older birth cohorts to have higher saving rates, but that the differences are small and statistically insignificant. Consequently, the...
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We use a long panel data set for four entry cohorts into an internal labor market to analyze the effect of age on the …-shaped with age and that longer training measures are undertaken earlier in life and working career, respectively. These findings …
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paper is to investigate whether we observe differences between age groups. Despite an increasing interest of economists in … the determinants of corruption, the factor age has been widely neglected in the literature. The results suggest that there … is a strong age effect, controlling in a multivariate analysis for additional factors. …
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different dependent variables to focus on the impact of age, gender and children we use a large micro data set covering data … environment and a stronger willingness to contribute. Moreover, we observe the tendency of a negative correlation between age and … environmental preferences. However, a positive effect is visible once we focus on the impact of age on social norms (environmental …
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scenario experiment involving recruiters to empirically investigate 15 potential stigma related to older age drawn from a … systematic review of the literature. We found that older age particularly signals to recruiters that the applicant has lower … technological skill, flexibility, and trainability levels. Together, these perceptions explain about 41% of the effect of age on the …
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Although the elderly are more vulnerable to COVID-19, the empirical evidence suggests that they do not behave more cautiously in the pandemic than younger individuals. This theoretical model argues that some individuals might not comply with the COVID-19 measures to reassure themselves that they...
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We investigate whether job autonomy is associated with employees' sickness absence. We can make use of the representative German Study of Mental Health at Work data. In line with our theoretical considerations, we do find evidence for an inverse relation between employees' job autonomy and days...
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With the Swedish student Greta Thunberg, the protest for the environment has taken on a personal face. Her central statement is: "Politicians are doing far too little for climate protection. This is irresponsible towards the youth." Something new has happened: Suddenly young people have become...
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